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My Head in the Clouds, Eyes on the Ground
It turned out to be a very nice evening out. Calm, and I love the light these days as we start to lose the sun. We took the opportunity to go for a drive, to go get some aira and, as my grandpa would say, get the smell blown off of us. We went out…
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Great writing.
If ever you should tire of searching the web, and wonder why you spend your time reading weblogs, go to this post of Whipoorwill’s. This is among the best writing online, and elsewhere. This is how I wish I could write.
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I and The Bird #3
Hop on over to Peter Bryant’s backyard and beyond for the latest installment of I and The Bird at his B&B Blog. Amongst the many gems in issue #3 is a post about one of my favourite birds, from one of my favourite bloggers. Make sure you check out Nuthatch’s exuberent bird in a plain…
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Poetry of light.
There are few scenes in life so visually pleasing (to my eye anyway) as white birds in bright sunlight flying against a dull grey overcast background. I am sitting in the window, watching Glaucous Gulls flying over Arctic Bay, the white is so brilliant and plays and dances on their beating wings. How I wish…
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The Dream is Over
I’m a little bummed out tonight. Amber Fleury was eliminated from Canadian Idol, finishing in eighth place. But you know, she showed a great deal of class and finished with flair and a smile. She is a great ambassador for our home town, Roblin Manitoba. She has a heavenly voice, and hopefully her dream of…
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You Can Get Here From There.
The new RCMP member, Adam, arrived last night and came over for a visit. We of course spent time looking for connections, members that we would both know. It was a bit of a struggle, after all I’ve been retired longer than he’s been a member, but we managed to find a couple of tenuous…
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Gulls
I don’t know why but it drives me nuts when someone points out one of the gull species here (or anywhere) and says "Look. A seagull". I really should not be so uptight about it, but there are so many different species of gulls that I just kind of bristle when someone lumps them all…
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aira
When Leah and I were first "courting" we were out walking near First Bridge. We hiked up to the top of the hill and built a small inuksuk. We were sitting back enjoying the view and Leah reached down and pulled up an Oxytrope (Oxytropis sp.), aira in inuktitut by the root. It has a…
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Travis’ Third Birthday
WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS GRAPHIC GUSHY PROUD FATHER MATERIAL My little man turned three yesterday. I can’t believe that it has been three years since I first held Travis in my amazed and clumsy fingers. It is with a continued sense of wonder that I watch him grow and watch his hold on my world…
